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thanks for the tips. as far as the oil goes i'm running straight rotella t 15W 40 right now in the engines and straight 40W in the clutches which are ZF's.

In the US as long as it's under 100 tons you don't need a license to be the engineer. If you have an MMD you can work on a 100 plus ton vessel as a wiper. After that it's QMED and then you get into your DDE horsepower ratings, 1000 hp, 4000 hp, and 10000/unlimited hp. I've got the sea time for...

thanks for the advice. i'd go to another boat, but there isn't one available that needs a chief. i'd go to another company, but unlicensed 100 ton engineers are a dime a dozen right now and jobs are kinda scarce. i'm waiting to get on a 100 ton steel hull twin screw utility boat that my company...

unfortunately, those aren't options for me. my company isn't going to put up the money to overhaul the heads, let alone swing an engine. i pretty much have to keep them running on zero support from the office. we don't swing an engine unless it blows up. no joke.

anyone have any tips or tricks for them? i'm on a triple screw and frankly the poor bastards are slap worn out with no chance of a rebuild in sight. thanks